Consolidated Freightways (CF) was an American multinational less-than-truckload (LTL) freight service and logistics company founded on April 1, 1929, in Portland, Oregon, and later relocated to Vancouver, Washington.

At its height, the company possessed over 350 terminals, employing more than 15,000 truck drivers, dock workers, dispatchers and management.

Consolidated Freightways was once the nation's number one long-haul trucking company and the 3rd largest-ever US bankruptcy filing, ceasing business in 2002.

Shorter COE units without the frame-mounted freight box could haul longer than normal short trailers hitched as doubles.

These innovations in truck and trailer design and configuration led to CF founding Freightways Manufacturing in 1939.

Under strict regulation in the 1950s, CF grew primarily through acquiring smaller competitors, totaling 53 by the end of the decade.

[1] Following a half-decade of expansion through acquisitions, most of which were not integrated with one another, the company's financials were unstable and it reported a US$2.7 million loss for 1960.

The court found that Iowa's length restriction on tractor-trailers violated the Dormant Commerce Clause.

[2] However, Purolator carried significant debt meaning Emery as a whole was losing almost US$1 million a day at the time of acquisition.

[1] As it had in the 1960's, CF again put in place new management and restructured and refocused the company in the early 1990s, this time with specific attention to the Emery division.

[2] The spinoff long-haul trucking company, now called Consolidated Freightways Corporation, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 3, 2002, and ceased operations.

[5][6][7] Due to poor fleet maintenance,[8] Emery Worldwide Airlines ceased operations in December, 2001.

[2] Freightliner terminated its contracts with White in 1977 and began to build a network of direct agent and dealer relationships.

[1] However, forced by a deregulation bill passed by Congress in 1980, CF sold its truck manufacturing business and the Freightliner brand to Daimler AG on July 31, 1981.

[14] Menlo Logistics Inc. was founded by CF in October 26, 1990 to provide warehouse, inventory, and transportation management services.

The subsidiary's purpose was to provide its services through custom systems and software to allow Menlo clients to fully integrate supply chains.

[2] Menlo founded a joint venture subsidiary, Vector SCM, along with General Motors (GM) in 2000 as a global supply chain management company focused on the automotive industry.

[2] However, Purolator's debt load meant Emery was losing almost US$1 million a day at the time of acquisition.